北京市房山区2020届高三上学期期末检测英语试题

房山区2019-2020学年度第一学期期末检测试卷 高三英语 本试卷共12页，120分。考试时长100分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将答题卡交回，试卷自行保存。 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分） 第一节 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A Orca whales live in the sea, which are in fact the 1 (large) member of the dolphin family. Sometimes they 2 (call) killer whales. In the sea, they can swim 3 they want to. There are no fences to keep them in one place. The orcas are free. In the sea, orcas don’t attack people. When orcas are taken away from their home, it can be different. They don’t live as long out of their home. B Nowadays, some parents like to make decisions 4 their children, such as education, work or even marriage. How to solve such serious 5 (problem)? To begin with, parents should adapt some strategic changes in children education. They should consciously develop their children’s abilities to think on their own. In addition, children should deal with the difficulties they meet 6 (independent) and may also search for parents’ necessary guide only at critical moments. C When I was a student, I 7 (perform) better in Chinese language and history. But when 8 (surround) by a variety of bronzeware (青铜器) dating back thousands of years at an exhibition, I often feel I should brush up on my knowledge of the Chinese language. Characters, such as zun and ding, are widely used to describe various types of bronze vessels. But many others are rarely seen, and therefore difficult for us 9 (recognize) and correctly pronounce. Qingong Bo is a musical instrument to produce sounds similar to that of a bell. It also bears an inscription of 135 characters, 10 can help historians learn more about the history of the Qin state. 第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Recently, David Deutchman, an 82-year-old man, was nicknamed “the ICU Grandpa” at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital. F